tapeworm infection

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   intestinal infection by a species of parasitic tapeworm; usually the result of eating inadequately cooked meat or fish

   Broaderinfection

Questions about tapeworm infection

What does tapeworm infection mean?

tapeworm infection means "intestinal infection by a species of parasitic tapeworm; usually the result of eating inadequately cooked meat or fish".

Is tapeworm infection a common word?

tapeworm infection is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.